Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Buntings, Sparrows, Seedeaters and Allies :: Grassland Yellow-Finch

Grassland Yellow-Finch Sicalis luteola

Described by: Sparrman (1789)
Alternate common name(s): Grassland Yellow-finch, Northern Yellow-finch, Montane Yellow-finch, Striped Yellow-finch, Yellow-breasted Yellow-finch, Yellow Grass-finch, Misto Yellow-finch
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago - Feb, 2006 © Kent Nickell  Barra do Quaraí, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil - Aug, 2004 © Arthur Grosset  Puerto Viejo, Peru - Jan, 2005 © R S Scanlon  Peru - Oct 27, 2004 © Hans Spiecker 
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Range

(1) S. Mexico (Veracruz, Chiapas, and w. Campeche), Belize, c. Guatemala, ne. Honduras, and ne. Nicaragua.
(2) Pacific slope of s. Mexico (sw. Puebla and Morelos).
(3) Pacific slope of nw. Costa Rica (Guanacaste) and Panama (Cocle).
(4) E. Andes of Colombia, Venezuela?, and Ecuador to s. Peru (Ica).
(5) E. of the w. Andes of Colombia, w., s., and e. Venezuela, Trinidad, Guyana, Surinam, Guiana and n. Brazil (Bahia (Chapada Diamantina) s. to Amazonia and w. to Roraima and Rio Tapajos) to the lowlands of s. South America in Chile and s. Argentina.
Introduced to the Lesser Antilles on Barbados, Grenadines. St. Vincent, St. Lucia, Martinique, Guadeloupe, and Antigua);
(6) Islands in the Amazon delta and adjacent Brazil (Para).

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Aves de Chile
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Birds of Suriname

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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